DNS filtering can stop a dangerous website before it opens.
When you click a link, your device uses DNS to find the website's address. A DNS filter checks that address against lists of known phishing, malware and scam sites, and if it matches, the page simply doesn't load.
Inside and outside the office
Set up on the firewall, it protects everything on the office network. Installed as an agent on laptops, it protects staff on site, at home and on hotel Wi-Fi as well, which is where most of the risk is.
What it won't do
It won't catch every dangerous site, and it occasionally blocks a legitimate one. Someone needs to review the reports, handle exceptions and confirm that every managed device is covered. That's part of what a managed service is for.
Want to know whether your business already has DNS filtering, and whether it covers the laptops that leave the building? Ask us to check.
Want a hand with this? Talk to us.